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The Canadian Music Centre joins with the Canadian music community, in particular in the Kitchener-Waterloo region, to mourn the loss of Associate Composer Alfred Kunz. Mr. Kunz passed away on January 15, 2019 at the age of 89. He was an accomplished composer with a penchant for...

"A sculpture created by her composition teacher inspired Stacey Brown’s work for orchestra, which explores the way we experience art and life. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, it’s all a matter of perspective.."

Congratulations to our Associate Composers Bekah Simms, Vincent Ho, Cassandra Miller, Nicole Lizée, and Ana Sokolović, all nominated for a JUNO for Classical Composition of the Year. We would also like to extend our congratulations to the nominated ensembles who recorded works by Canadian composers: Thunder Bay...

"NEW HAMBURG — During his final days, confined to a hospital bed, his breath rapid and shallow, composer, music teacher and choral conductor, Alfred Kunz, battled his growing incapacity, just as he had been doing for the past two years.

When his heart was failing and doctors warned him to rest Alf walked his...

"A theatrical hybrid is making its way to the stage in late January and it’s not holding back. Tapestry Opera and Theatre Passe Muraille present the world premiere of Hook Up, a story of the complex freedom and responsibility of being a freshman, away from home for the first time.

Cutting-edge classical music may be the provenance of a subterranean close-knit community, but it is nonetheless alive and well in Alberta. One of the leading Calgary practitioners is the Timepoint Ensemble, with a core of six artists regularly augmented by other Calgary player